Collection M 001, Record Group 14:
Fort Lewis College Office of Academic Affairs:
records in the Archives

RG 14     Office of Academic Affairs

• Organizational note: This office is administratively responsible for the schools of Arts and Sciences (RG 15), Education (RG 17), and Business Administration (RG 16), and over the Office of Economic Analysis and Business Research (Sub-group 18.I), Center of Southwest Studies (Sub-group 18.B), Native American Center (Sub-group 18.G), Office of Community Services (Sub-group 18.C), Extended Studies (Sub-group 18.D), Co-operative Education (Sub-group 18.E), Library/AV Center (Sub-group 18.H), and Registrar/ Records Office (Sub-group 18.J).
   
• Historical note:  Includes the former title of  Dean of Faculty, which was succeeded by Dean of Academic Affairs.  The latter title was changed to Vice President for Academic Affairs by action of the State Board of Agriculture on May 9, 1979.   The following is the start of a listing of the individuals who have held this position.

  Date appointed	Name	Date effective
  	Art Brintnall (as Dean) (retired early 1979)
  June 21, 1979	Julian Murphy (as VPAA)	August 1, 1979
  	William Langworthy
  	Stephen Roderick

14.1     Faculty/staff rosters, 1911-12, 1938-39, 1949-50, and 1957-1991, in 1 document case.  These include an annual printout and a typed card file, and also office assignment lists and lists of faculty and staff arranged chronologically by academic division.  (See Series 10.6 for directories of College employees and students)

14.2     Faculty and exempt staff employment records, 1990-ongoing, in 1 document case.  Arrangement is alphabetical by surname of employee.  Includes faculty position applications, contracts, and related correspondence.  (See also faculty and exempt staff search committee records in Series 14.12); for classified staff personnel records, see Series 20.C.2; for hourly/temporary contract records, see Series 20.C.9.)

• Historical note:  On May 11, 1977, the State Board of Agriculture approved a definition of exempt positions and listed the exempt positions for Fort Lewis College.  On May 13, 1981, the Board approved a policy for fringe benefits for non-Classified employees of the college.  The Board approved the July 1, 1988 revision of the exempt staff handbook on June 23, 1988.  On June 22, 1983, the Board approved the Early Retirement Option. 

14.2.1     Part-time applicant pool files.  This series contains applications for employment of persons not yet hired.

14.2.2     Faculty and exempt staff employment records, circa 1952-nearly current, in more than 150 document cases.  Click here to open the Fort Lewis College faculty and exempt staff archival personnel files list.

• Access restriction: these records are available for use only by the individual  whom it concerns, by the Fort Lewis College Office of Human Resources, and by the staff of the Fort Lewis College Archives.
• File contents note: the typical file includes the employee's application, academic transcripts, contracts, and correspondence and other materials documenting the individual's employment at Fort Lewis College.
• Retention note: each individual's personnel file is kept for 75 years from the date of termination of the contract, or longer if needed for reference; these long retained records include the original of each contract.  Note: candidate search records are maintained in separate series for the current fiscal year plus three years.
• Arrangement note: since September of 1996, active appointment/ reappointment contract records have been kept with the Office of Facilities Planning or with the various Vice Presidents.  Nonetheless, for more efficient access to the archival files the Fort Lewis College Archives has centralized its retention of faculty and exempt staff contract records within this one Series 14.2.2.  The source of each discrete personnel file can still be traced back to the originating office by use of the accession number that is marked on each folder.
• Note regarding related records: terminated classified staff records are in Series 20.C.2 {job applications, contracts, and related correspondence and other materials}, early Fort Lewis College personnel records are in Series 11.C.7 {files on personnel 1911-1948} and in Series 11.C.2 {with Dean Snyder's records for the period 1915-1916}; records of temporary and hourly employment using CASPR and CARF contracts are in Series 20.C.9)

14.2.3     Faculty and exempt staff job announcements, 1947, 1949, 1955, and 1983-1986.  Arrangement is alphabetical by name of department or office.  See also  Series 20.C.13 , job descriptions for all types of Fort Lewis College faculty and staff.

14.2.4     Employee leave records, circa 1952-1957.  Arrangement of cards is alphabetical.

14.3     Manuals, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1955-1983, and 1986-ongoing, in 1 document case.  See Series 19.C.1 for faculty handbook.

14.4     Vice President for Academic Affairs reports, 1958, 1971, 1979-80, 1985, 1992-, in 1 document case.  Includes those of Dr. Julian Murphy.

14.5     Central administrative subject files, 1957-1962, 1969-1972, 1980-ongoing, in 11 document cases.  Topics include academic calendars, council of chairs meetings records, College Writing Award initiated in school year 1998-99, etc.; includes correspondence of the Dean of Faculty.

14.6     Vice President for Academic Affairs memoranda and correspondence, 1957-1958, 1960-1966, 1985-ongoing, in 1 document case.  Arrangement is strictly chronological.

14.7     Printed materials, 1965, 1977, 1980s, 1991, and 2001, in 1 document case.  Includes newspaper clippings, posters, and other publicity, including summer sessions brochures.

14.8     Academic Affairs Council records and correspondence.

• Historical note: Vice President William Langworthy started the Council in 1983; it ceased to function in that form after March of 1995, when Langworthy was leaving the Office of Academic Affairs. Council met approximately bi-monthly during the academic year, and as needed otherwise; it was comprised of the 3 instructional deans, the directors of the Library, Institutional Research, Cooperative Education, Continuing Education, Intercultural Center, Center of Southwest Studies, Records Office, Registrar, and the Assistant to the Academic Vice President, and was chaired by the V.P.
14.9     Academic program self-study review reports, 1968 and 1982-1997, in 6 document cases.  These are academic department self-studies for CCHE, NCA, and other groups.  Arrangement is chronological.

14.10     Faculty meetings minutes, 1962-1992 March, in 1 document case.  Includes all faculty meeting minutes for prior to the 1962-63 school year, and a bound set of minutes for post-1962, all of which were maintained by the Office of Academic Affairs, which originally ran these meetings. 
See also Faculty Executive Council minutes in Series 19.A.2 and see Faculty Assembly minutes from 1962-ongoing in Series 19.B.2.

14.11     Faculty development grants records, in 5 document cases.  Includes, along with faculty development grants from 2000-ongoing that were decided by a Faculty Development Committee, records of the earlier Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum (TLC) grants, 1993-1995, which was a one-time grant cycle, providing a useful snapshot into professional interests and creativity of Fort Lewis College faculty at that time, when given finances and freedom to chart their own teaching/learning style.

14.12     Faculty and exempt Academic Affairs staff search committee records, 1970s-ongoing, in 2 document cases.  Includes records of searches for Vice President for Academic Affairs and records of all searches within departments of the college that report ultimately to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.  (See also Series 14.2.)

14.13     Sabbatical leave records, 1971-2004, in 6 document cases.  These records include loose miscellaneous documents and correspondence from school year 1971-72 through school year 1994-95 and the Office of Academic Affairs' bound copies of sabbatical leave requests, reports, and records from school year 1973-74 through school year 2003-04.

• Retention note: the Office of Academic Affairs is the office of record at Fort Lewis College for sabbatical leave records; inactive records are sent to the Center of Southwest Studies where they are maintained in perpetuity in the College Archives.
• The following table is a list of faculty sabbatical leaves awarded and taken during the school years 1973-74 through 2005-06:

1973-1974
Jim Decker, Law	Winter 1974
Harold E. Stocker, Mathematics	Academic Year
John H. Zoller, Business Administration	Academic Year
1974-1975
Thomas Eckenrode, History	Fall 1974
Herbert E. Owen, Biology	Fall 1974
1975-1976
Donald Baars, Geology	Fall 1975
Daniel Gibbons, Physics	Fall 1975
Merle Harrison, Chemistry	Academic Year
Doreen Mehs, Chemistry	Academic Year
Carroll V. Peterson, English	Winter 1976
1976-1977
Leonard Bird, Writing	Winter 1977
Edith Brochu, Elementary Education	Fall 1976
John Denver, Biology	Winter 1977
Rod Hamilton, Chemistry	Fall 1976
1977-1978
David Bass, Political Science	Fall 1977
Jack A. Ellingson, Geology	Fall 1977
Reece Kelly, History	Fall 1977
Robert Wageman, Psychology	Academic Year
1978-1979
James Baker, Engineering	Academic Year
Bill Engman, Teacher Education	Fall 1978
Vernon Lynch, Business	Winter 1979
Duane Smith, History	Fall 1978
1979-1980
Richard Gibbs, Mathematics	Academic Year
Susan Riches, History	Fall 1979
Preston Somers, Biology	Fall 1979
LeLand Stuart, Sociology	Academic Year
1980-1981
Kenneth Bordner, Theatre	Winter 1981
Edward Freienmuth, Accounting	Fall 1980
John Ritchey, Chemistry	Fall 1980
Joan Sanders, Physical Education	Winter 1981
Raymond Wilson, Education	Fall 1980
1981-1982
William Coe, Philosophy	Fall 1981
Marvin Giersch, Education/Exercise Science	Winter 1982
LeRoy W. Goodwin, Political Science	Fall 1981
Gary Grefsrud, Mathematics	Academic Year
Gary Knight, Education	Fall 1981
Jim Mills, Chemistry	Academic Year
John Ritchey, Chemistry	Fall 1981
1982-1983
Leonard Atencio, Business Administration	Winter 1983
John Hale, Psychology	Fall 1982
Robert Likes, Physics	Fall 1982
Paul Pixler, Philosophy	Winter 1983
Shaila Van Sickle, English	Winter 1983
Gerald Wells, Art	Fall 1982
1983-1984
RobertW. Blair, Geology	Academic Year
James G. Erickson, Biology	Fall 1983
Donald Gordon, Anthropology	Academic Year
O.D. Perry, Business Administration	Academic Year
Roger Peters, Psychology	Winter 1984
Pamela Young, Teacher Education	Winter 1984
1984-1985
Bernard Anderson, Business Administration	Academic Year
James Decker, Political Science	Academic Year
Stanton Englehart, Art	Academic Year
Harold Mansfield, Psychology	Fall 1984
Doreen Mehs, Chemistry	Winter 1985
Tom Norton, Physics and Engineering	Academic Year
Charles Walker, Physical Education	Academic Year
1985-1986
Gilbert Din, History	Fall 1985
Daniel Gibbons, Physics	Academic Year
Donald James, Business Administration	Winter 1986
Roland Jones, English	Winter 1986
Adolph Kuss, Physical Education	Winter 1986
Deborah MacKeefe, Foreign Language	Academic Year
Thomas Westervelt, Geology	Academic Year
1986-1987
William Bartlett, Chemistry	Academic Year
Douglas Brew, Geology	Academic Year
Ellen Cargile, Arts and Crafts	Winter 1987
Thomas Eckenrode, History	Winter 1987
Reginald Graham, Business Administration	Academic Year
Page Lindsey, Biology	Fall 1986
Vernon Lynch, Economics	Academic Year
Paul Pavich, English	Winter 1987
Duane Smith, History	Academic Year
Robert Wageman, Psychology	Winter 1987
1987-1988
David Bullis, Psychology	Academic Year
Phil Duke, Anthropology	Academic Year
Larry Gasser, English	Academic Year
Doreen Hunter, History	Winter 1988
Norman Linton, Sociology	Academic Year
Reed McKnight, Accounting	Academic Year
Laurel Vogl, Art	Winter 1988
1988-1989
John Crowder, Reed Library	5/88-8/88
Larry Gasser, English/ Theater	Academic Year
David Jamieson, Biology	Academic Year
Lillian Lang, English/ Theater	Winter 1989
Richard Podlesnik, Business Administration	Academic Year
William Ramaley, Mathematics	Winter 1989
1989-1990
John Campbell, Geology	Winter 1990
Miguel Cano, Modern Languages	Winter 1990
Ron Estler, Chemistry	Academic Year
Mary Jean Moseley, Intercultural Studies	Fall 1989
William Romme, Biology	Academic Year
Ingrid Ryan, Modern Languages	Academic Year
1990-1991
Leonard Atencio, Business	Academic Year
Robert W. Blair, Jr., Geology	Academic Year
Omnia El-Hakim, Engineering	Academic Year
Reece Kelly, History	Fall 1990
Mick Reber, Art	Winter 1991
Ginny Regelmann, Teacher Education	Academic Year
Thomas Skurky, Psychology	Academic Year
Richard Strawn, Music	Winter 1991
Shaila Van Sickle, English	Academic Year
Ray Wilson, Teacher Education	Academic Year
1991-1992
Joseph Colgan, Accounting	Fall 1991
Jack A. Ellingson, Geology	Fall 1991
Dinah Leavitt, Theater	Winter 1992
Betty Leyerle, Sociology	Winter 1992
Rogers Peters, Psychology	Winter 1992
Harry Rosenberg, Mathematics	Fall 1991
1992-1993
Ed Angus, Political Science	Winter 1993
Red Bird, English	Winter 1993
Jeremy Coleman, Business	Fall 1992
Robert Likes, Physics	Fall 1992
Paul Petersen, Exercise Science	Fall 1992
Janice Simmons, Teacher Education	Winter 1993
1993-1994
Reinaldo Alcazar, Modern Language	Academic Year
Thomas Eckenrode, History	Winter 1994
James Fitzgerald, Sociology/ Modern Languages	Academic Year
Larry Hartsfield, English	Fall 1993
John Ritchey, Chemistry	Fall 1993
Duane Smith, History	Academic Year
Jo Ann Soignier, Exercise Science	Winter 1994
Pamela Young, Teacher Education	Academic Year
1994-1995
William Bartlett, Chemistry	Academic Year
Lourdes Carrasco, Modern Languages	Academic Year
James Clay, Economics/ Business Administration	Fall 1994
James Costello, Physics	Fall 1994
Marvin Giersch, Education/ Exercise Science	Winter 1995
Paul Pavich, English	Winter 1995
1995-1996
Byron Dare, Political Science	Fall 1995
Kathleen Fine, Anthropology	Fall 1995
Richard Gibbs, Mathematics	Winter 1996
James Mills, Chemistry	Winter 1996
Charles Tustin, Business Administration	Fall 1995
Douglas Brew, Geology	Winter 1996
Bill Ramaley, Mathematics	Winter 1996
Preston Somers, Biology	Fall 1995
1996-1997
Annette Cooper, Mathematics	Fall 1996
Reyes Garcia, Philosophy	Academic Year
Doreen Hunter, History	Academic Year
Randy Serrett, Accounting	Winter 1997
1997-1998
Robert W. Blair Jr., Professor of Geology	Academic Year
Janet Lee Jones, Associate Professor of Psychology	Fall 1997
William C. Ramaley, Professor of Mathematics	Winter 1998
William H. Romme, Professor of Biology	Academic Year
Laura J. Yale, Associate Professor of Marketing	Academic Year
1998-1999
Deborah Kendall, Associate Professor of Biology	Winter 1999
Michael F. Fry, Associate Professor of Biology	Fall 1998
Thomas A. Skurky, Professor of Psychology	Fall 1998
Charles H. Walker, Professor of Exercise Science	Winter 1999
1999-2000
Shere Byrd, Associate Professor of Biology	Calendar Year 2000
William B. Dodds, Professor of Marketing	Winter 2000
Mukti Khanna, Associate Professor of Psychology	Academic Year
Susan Moss, Associate Professor of Art	Academic Year
2000-2001
Michael Anziano, Associate Professor of Psychology	Fall 2000
Richard Ellis, Professor of Southwest Studies	Winter 2001
David L. Kozak, Associate Professor of Anthropology	Winter 2001
Rochelle Mann, Professor of Music	Academic Year
Iqbal Memon, Professor of Business Administration	Winter 2001
Mary J. Moseley, Professor of English and Southwest Studies	Winter 2001
Dugald Owen, Associate Professor of Philosophy	Winter 2001
Karen Spear, Professor of English	Academic Year
Laszlo Szuecs, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Academic Year